| The Mae Shi – Run To Your Grave Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best. To me the whole thing is a battle cry against the normalized desires of consumer modernity ("Don't bury your body with your diamonds") alongside an explicit embrace of *mortality* and the weaknesses thereto. You can stretch that to suicide if you' wish, but instead I see a message that's stoic ("the more you feel, the more you will take with you"), ascetic individualism -- freedom comes from the crucible of mortal discomfort. It's sorta like a heavily caffeinated Buddhism -- not exactly upbeat if you like going into Ikea, but hardly suicidal. |
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